Vuelta Spain: domain Astana, Landa won the stage, Fabio Aru 2nd winning the red jersey – Reuters

It was expected that today the crucial stage of the Vuelta in Spain and so it was. The Andorra la Vella-Cortals of Encamp, of 138 km and 5000 meters in altitude with 6 climbs and an uphill finish after the first rest day, did sconquassi among the leaders of the Iberian stage race. It especially brought in mesh “Roja” that all Italian cycling fans expected, Fabio Aru. Tactical advance since Ds Martinelli, who no Nibali, sent fleeing Basque Mikel Landa, who had made a tour of Italy at large but to date it was eclipsed, at the beginning of the final climb hailed the company and He went on to win this stage of La Vuelta in 4h34’54 “. Behind him tick Fabio Aru to 1’21 “, that with a few of his razor pulled off other men’s standings, with detachments also abysmal. Considering the 10th place finish of Diego Rosa, who Aru and friend and follower, you’d think that the Astana of the Giro and the Vuelta is stronger and more compact than that accompanied Vincenzo Nibali at the Tour, a consideration of which will take into account for the next season. However behind the pair dell’Astana (former 2nd and 3rd in the Tour of Italy), arrived Ian Boswell, 3rd at 1’39 “, 4th Dani Moreno at 1’56″, 5th Joaquim Rodríguez 1’58 “, 6th Rafal Majka and Mikel Nieve in 2’09″. Some distance away Tom Dumoulin at 2’58 “, which gives the leader’s red jersey. Not to mention the couple Movistar with Alejandro Valverde to 3’02″ and 4’19 in Nairo Quintana. “Discussion for the winner of the Tour, Chris Froome, who first falls, then falls and then breaks down the fourth ascent and reach the goal with 9 minutes behind the winner, after essersela also taken with a motion of television, they are putting the other to decimate the Tinkoff, as having caused the fall and withdrawal of Peter Sagan the day before yesterday, today centered Paulinho, Tinkoff very angry with threatening to withdraw the team.

Below is the new overall standings, with Fabio Aru in red jersey with a 27 seconds lead over Purito Rodriguez and 30 of Dumoulin. Quintana is over 3 minutes, from tomorrow we will see how the protagonists of the Tour, Froome and Quintana, replicate the humiliation suffered by the young champion Sardinian dell’Astana.

General Classification Vuelta Spain

1 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Astana 43:12:19

2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:27

3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 12:00:30

4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:01:28

5 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge 00:01:29

6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:52

7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0: 01:54

8 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:58

9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:07

10 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 00:04:15